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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?
(a) Springfield.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Nantucket.
(d) Boston.

2. Which relatives' names does Douglass know?
(a) His mother and her parents.
(b) His father and his uncle.
(c) His mother and his aunt.
(d) His father and his parents.

3. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. What were the ships Phillips describes in the second Preface carrying?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Supplies.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Douglass's first master have as a supervisor?

2. What was Colonel Lloyd obsessed with, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?

3. How does Douglass describe the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins?

4. Who did Douglass's first master oversee?

5. About what age was Douglass when his mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Garrison make Douglass seem to be so important to the abolitionist movement?

2. How does Douglass describe the treatment of mulatto slaves in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Garrison's Preface seem somewhat like a religious sermon?

4. Who was Austin Gore? How is he described?

5. Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

6. What is the importance of Douglass knowing the slave master's family's names?

7. What information does Douglass relate about himself in the beginning of Chapter 1?

8. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

9. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

10. What does Phillips compare slaves to in the second Preface?

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